ldquo;In the 1920s O G S Crawford invented aerial archaeology, one of many services this eccentric Marxist misanthrope performed for the study of antiquity.rdquo;

- Jonathan Meades: Link

Bloody Old Britain: O G S Crawford and the Archaeology of Modern Life

By Kitty Hauser

Granta Books, 286pp

Amazon: Link

ldquo;Future archaeologists will perhaps excavate the ruined factories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when the radiation effects of Atom bombs have died away.rdquo;

- O. G. S. Crawford, from Archaeology in the Field (1953)

O. G. S. Crawford @ Wikipedia: Link.

~ Karl Jones

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The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
Because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
--Jelaluddin Rumi,
translation by Coleman Barks

The Pulse Of God
The limbs of a tree reached
down and lifted me, thinking
I was it's child,
and
in the meadows
my spirit becomes so quiet
that if I put my cheek
against the earth's body
I feel the pulse of God,
"tell me the way you
do that birds....
enter the private chambers
of my Lord?"
and they all sang,
they just SANG.
I gathered it was time
to become a musician,
and I did.
Years passed, and the
sky reached down
one day and lifted
me
and the birds noticed and spoke,
"how do you enter
the sun like
that and
know
the
pulse
of
God?"
From Saint Thomas Aquinas

CATEDRA DE LA PAZ conjuntamente con la Fundación Don Bosco, en el marco del proyecto Ciudadanía Global, como integrantes de la RED INTERNACIONAL GLOBALINKS, se viene proyectando un CICLO DE PELICULAS para todo público en general, en especial, para los y las jóvenes de Mérida. Para este Miércoles 08 julio 2009, a las 6.30 pm en la Capilla Velatoria de Los Curos, Parte Media de Los Curos, en la ciudad de Mérida, se proyectara esta película. La Entrada Gratis, indico Walter Trejo Urquiola, Coordinador General de la Cátedra de la Paz y Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Los Andes.
El trama consiste en la historia de una joven que crece en el Irán de la Revolución Islámica. A través de los ojos de Marjane, una precoz y abierta niña de nueve años, vemos las esperanzas de un pueblo rotas al tomar los fundamentalistas el poder, imponiendo el velo a las mujeres y encarcelando a miles de personas. Inteligente y sin miedo, engaña a los "guardianes sociales" y descubre el punk, Abba y Iron Maiden. Pero cuando su tío es ejecutado sin piedad y las bombas caen alrededor de Teherán en la guerra entre Irán e Irak, el miedo diario que rodea su vida es palpable.
Continua reseñando Walter Trejo, que a medida que crece, la audacia de Marjane hace que sus padres se preocupen por su seguridad. Y así, a los catorce años, toman la difícil decisión de enviarla a una escuela en Austria. Vulnerable y sola en un país extraño, resiste los malos tragos típicos de un adolescente. Además, Marjane tiene que combatir el hecho de ser equiparada con el fundamentalismo religioso y el extremismo de los que tuvo que huir. Con el tiempo es aceptada, e incluso experimenta el amor, pero tras el instituto se encuentra sola y con una terrible nostalgia de su hogar.
Por eso es una buena oportunidad, para ver esta película y entender mucho la realidad de Irán en estos momentos, de forma crítica y alternativa, esperamos que la gente de Mérida, en especial, de Los Curos nos acompañe en esta proyección, culmino Walter Trejo.

Prince Michael Angel

an original Poem by Clarlita Zarate

In Memory of Michael Jackson


In a kingdom of all colors
dwells our beloved brother.
He has made his home in heaven
above where moments are made of
dreams come true.

It is where the greatest power is love.
Michael is dancing with angels now.
They sing his songs
because, my lord,
it pleases you.

The virgin calls out to him,
"Young Michael."
Her eyes are soft and kind.
Then she asks him as she takes his hands,
"Are you lonely for something you left behind?"

Michael answers, "I miss my fans."

By Clarita Zarate
written for Michael Jackson, forever.

VIP WEBISM member Ursula Freer, Santa Fe, NM, USA did a portrait painting of Professor Herbert W. Franke based upon a photo taken by VIP WEBISM member Gerhard Höberth, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany at the occasion of Herbert's 80s bday party on June 30th, 2007 in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Herbert W. Franke will be keynote speaker at NMI 2009 Symposium in Berlin, Germany.

15. August 2009
ab 19:00 Uhr

die lange Nacht der Wörter 2009
Vor elf Jahren wurde die lange Nacht der Wörter geboren. Dank den teilnehmenden Autoren und natürlich den Zuhörern ist sie mittlerweile eine der größten Literaturveranstaltungen des Landes und zu einem Fixum in der burgenländischen Kunstwelt geworden - herzlichen Dank allen Beteiligten.

Am 15. August ab 19:00 Uhr ist es wieder so weit: die lange Nacht der Wörter 2009, Autoren lesen aus ihren Werken. Wir dürfen uns auf interessante Vorträge und bereichernde Gespräche und Diskussionen freuen!

Ich würde mich freuen, wenn sie aktiv (als Autor) oder passiv (als Zuhörer) dieser Veranstaltung wieder zu ihrem Erfolg verhelfen.

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The "Long Night of the Words" was founded by Josef Thomas Petsovits and takes place for the 11th time this year. Writers read from their books. To learn more about the event ask Josef Thomas Petsovits. Write to Ingrid if you are a WEBISM group member and want to join the event: webismmail@yahoo.com


Josef Thomas Petsovits
Stadtschlaining, Austria


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Every year the Dominica Olympic Committee joins the rest of the international community in celebrating the olympic spirit through the Olympic Day Run. This is in honour of the foundation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 23rd June 1894 in Paris, France. This year marked the second time that I have participated although this year it crept up on me like a thief in the night. Let me explain:

Newtown aka Harlem may be the mecca of football in Dominica but for sure Bath Estate is the future. And every year, we prove again and again why that is so with a crop of young talent that bag trophy after trophy in all leagues, be it the national or off season football leagues. If only we could be Cesseme Street this year, then all would be good.